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Mumbai: Drivers of wet lease buses should also get Covid allowance, insurance, says BEST workers union | Mumbai News

The BEST has 1,243 buses on wet lease and nearly 2,500 drivers operating them. MUMBAI: The BEST Workers Union on Tuesday demanded that all drivers who ply buses for the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport on wet lease should also get Covid allowance of Rs 300 per day and ex-gratia of Rs 50 lakh for family in case of death during duty. These drivers are also risking lives to ferry essential workers and other commuters. So, why should they be deprived of the Covid insurance and special allowances? said union leader Shashank Rao. The BEST has 1,243 buses on wet lease and nearly 2,500 drivers operating them.

Cyclone Tauktae: 2,426 streetlights left defunct

Cyclone Tauktae: 2,426 streetlights left defunct Cyclone Tauktae has left Mumbai not only with uprooted trees, but with 2,426 defunct streetlamps. This is merely 1.70% of the total streetlamps in Mumbai’s island city and suburbs. However, complaints made pertaining to the issue flooded the social media accounts of BrihanMumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) and Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited (AEML). Currently, the two power distributors are working towards repairing the faults and replacing these streetlamps. According to sources in the BEST undertaking, which has 42,045 streetlamps attached to 34,470 poles, they received complaints of defunct 2,300 streetlamps. “Of these, we have already attended to 1,300 streetlamps. We aim to complete the remaining work by this weekend,” said a BEST official on the condition of anonymity. BEST is spending Rs 45 lakh on the repairs of streetlamps in the Colaba-Sion/Mahim belt of island city.

Cyclone Tauktae: Mumbai likely to witness rain, strong winds on Sunday, says IMD

Cyclone Tauktae: Mumbai likely to witness rain, strong winds on Sunday, says IMD Cyclone Tauktae: Mumbai likely to witness rain, strong winds on Sunday, says IMD The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) stated on Saturday that Cyclone Tauktae will most likely be accompanied by rains and strong winds as it passes through the Arabian Sea near Mumbai. advertisement UPDATED: May 16, 2021 02:05 IST Cyclone Tauktae will not affect Mumbai but could bring gusty winds and showers to the city, said the IMD (Photo: PTI) While Cyclone Tauktae is expected to pass through the Arabian Sea near Mumbai, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said it is most likely to bring rain and strong winds for the city.

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